The first three weeks
So I've just completed my first three weeks at BICA, and they've flown by. My main interest is in environmental education, and there's been plenty of that, from performing a puppet show (complete with Trash Monster!) for the local kindergarten to taking a group of schoolchildren snorkelling.
One of BICA's current projects involves setting up a marine park in an area of the island called Turtle Harbour, so we make regular trips there to pick up litter...hopefully we will soon have a nature trail set up. Visits to Turtle Harbour are always a popular part of the routine, as getting there means a cool boat trip around the island, and a lunch stop at the Cays!
Another interesting project is the Sea Kindergarten- this will be an area managed by local children in which there will be no harvesting of conchs, allowing them time to mature and reproduce. The kids have done a great job decorating buoys to mark the area.
At the moment there is lots of construction work going on at BICA HQ...soon we will have fantastic new offices, dorms and a visitor centre to welcome people to.
